coke oven

noun

1. an oven for the conversion of coal into coke by heating the coal in the absence of air so as to distill the volatile ingredients.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coke oven¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

“It’s a deception. It’s been a deception for half a century. If they were going to be able to recycle plastic polymer back into virgin resin, they would have done it already. But they are using the same technology we’ve had since the Industrial Revolution. It’s a coke oven, a blast furnace.”

From Los Angeles Times

The lawsuit also cited repeated breakdowns at the Clairton plant, including one in 2019 in which the company reported a release of 525,000 pounds of coke oven gas from a pressure release valve.

From Seattle Times

The tower sits near the South Bank coke oven battery on the former Redcar SSI steelworks site, which closed in 2015 with the loss of thousands of jobs.

From BBC

The remains were inside of an old coke oven, police said.

From Washington Times

That includes a new cogeneration facility at its Clairton plant that will feature an emissions control system that can convert some of the coke oven gas generated there into electricity to power other parts of the plant.

From Washington Times